Exercise is one of the best things we can do for a healthy heart. Yet research shows that endurance athletes have up to a four times higher risk of atrial fibrillation (an irregular or fast heartbeat) ...

Milliseconds of variability, now detected by fitness watches, can improve well-being Earlier this year I got an Oura ring to track the state of my health. Soon I was obsessing over my sleep and ...

Dr. Wessler is a self-confessed health tracking enthusiast and has also participated in large-scale clinical trials that ...

There’s a bitter truth behind sweetened drinks. The American Heart Association has backed a new study that found both sugar- and artificially-sweetened beverages can increase consumers’ risk of ...

Feeling your heart race can be an unsettling experience. Whether it happens during a moment of stress, excitement or seemingly out of nowhere, a racing heartbeat is often dismissed as just a temporary ...

Contrary to old beliefs, a new study suggests daily coffee might help manage irregular heart rhythms like AFib. Researchers ...

Experts share the overlooked cardiovascular dangers of the holiday season along with ways to enjoy this time safely.

Researchers created lab-made heart cells for "Body on a Chip" project. — -- Science fiction became reality after researchers from Wake Forrest University say they managed to turn stem cells into ...

We’ve known about holiday heart (or holiday heart syndrome) for almost 50 years. Back in the 1970s, it was described as an abnormal heart rhythm (or arrythmia) in healthy people without heart disease ...